Mississippi House passes road and bridge funding proposals

JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) - Mississippi lawmakers are putting transportation on a fast track this legislative session. Some of the issues were debated and passed on the House floor Thursday afternoon.

Speaker Philip Gunn made it clear to a room full of business leaders Thursday that the House is wasting no time to take action on roads and bridges.

"Second day of the session, three of my committees in the House met and passed out some of those ideas and we're going to continue to meet," said Gunn.

At the end of the last session, the House tried to force discussions on new money for roads and bridges. They're back to trying again this year.

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